As the title says, Is this sub active?

I always think that the process of learning a new language should be more lebriated from the grammar equations method. Like you need some basic structure at the beginning and build all the way up from it, then you should observe the new words using the same language definition without translating, because if you translate into your native at google the native meaning will stick into your brain and ruin the whole context when you see it or observe it from now on.

I use English as a global communication tool to achieve my goals. Every age of century was getting its own culture dominance, there's no reason to be mad that my native language didn't make it in this current age, that's how reality works and that's how I shall adapt, which by learning what necessary to achieve my needs.

Correction by u/Birdy1072:

"Every age/century has its own dominant culture, so there's no reason to be mad that my native language isn't the dominant one this time around. That's how reality changes and I'll adapt to it. I'll learn what's necessary to achieve my goals."

I'm trying to stay away from trends as much as l can. And that's applys for both my professional life and entertainment one. For instance l don't learn any unnecessary skill that doesn't related to me or any kind of opportunity that's not in my hands at current moment. I really don't follow up with hot trends jobs l will just do what fits me without burning myself up to learn something that isn't for me.

I won't use this statement anywhere. It's just some rant about my personal thoughts to practice writing. Your participation to correct this is most appreciated!

Also you're more than welcome to continue the conversation and correct my further responses to you as well.

so fortnite is blocked by both app store and google play for making direct purchases within game without giving them cut so fortnite decided to recruit kids to defend their greedy cause.

The Perfect Day

I've been a huge fan of tigers all my life. When I was 10 I saw a documentary on Discovery Channel that there was a temple in Thailand that had allowed you to walk through tigers out of cages. Last year I got a salary raise just before my weeks off so I decided to make my childhood dreams come true and went to visit my stepsister who at that moment was traveling around Asia. I met her in Thailand and after spending a week with her I flew to Chiang Mai alone because that is where the tigers were. Not the temple, tough another touristic tiger hugging place.

I arrived to Chiang Mai around noon and got a private driver for the next day and a hotel for the night. The next morning, I got picked up by my driver and I told him my top priorities for the day were to visit the tigers and make it back in time for the night bus. We head off to the tigers and I was allowed to pet them and lay on top of them. They also seemed to enjoy it and I loved every second of it. But I was only allowed to stay for about 2 hours so sadly I had to leave. With enough time left my driver asked me where I wanted to go. So, I asked him what the area offered. He advised me to go to a monkey show followed by the Crocodile show. I agreed and we head off to the monkey show. It was pretty fun to watch and even got the opportunity to take a nice photo with a monkey sitting on my lap wearing my sunglasses.

Around and hour later my driver informed me we had to hurry because the crocodile show would start soon. We went there and the show started right away. I did not enjoy the show as much because the crocodiles were in a terrarium with a roof and it was ventilated there. It was way too cold for them so the result was a trainer poking them till they moved out of irritation. At a certain point the trainer sat down on one of the crocodiles and a guy from the audience yelled if we could also do that, there were only 4 other people there by the way. The trainer agreed and for a little payment we could sit on the crocodile. At first, I didn't want to, but soon I realized that that was a once-in-a-lifetime-chance. So I gave my phone to one of the other people in the audience and he took pictures of me while I was sitting on a crocodile. I was a little terrified to be honest but it was worth it.

While we drove back and forth through the area I spotted an Extreme-Sports center. I noticed the big sign saying "Trail Bike". I told my driver to go there; paid the ticket; picked out a bike and met my guide. After I had convinced them that I knew how to ride safely I finally went into the mountains. It was so awesome and pretty dangerous at some point luckily, I knew what I was doing and kept control. After about 2 hours of awesomeness I went back to the center. After I taken off my gear my driver told me that it was time to leave for the bus station. So, he dropped me off there and 2 hours later I got my spot at the bus put in my music and realized I had never ever been so happy...

I'm not sure what to call it. It's kind of an essay about my relationship to Japan and why I want to go there. (I'm going to stay there at a language school for a year). I would be very grateful if someone could look over it to check the punctuation, grammar, etc. (I'm not a native speaker)

I first encountered the Japanese culture as most foreigners do, watching anime in my elementary school days. This interest was fuelled further by my uncle who works in the chemical industry and has therethrough visited Japan many times for business reasons. Although knowing that anime does not represent the entire culture, my interest has, because of my uncle, spread further than that. Specifically, I enjoy the Japanese architecture, the old, traditional as well as modern styles. Being curious by nature perhaps it is simply the overall difference to Western countries that fascinates me so much. Learning about cultural differences like architectural styles, religion or different customs in everyday life is an exciting experience for me, for although foreigners like myself might find something new to them to be unusual or weird at first, it always begins to make sense when learning about the history and how it came to be that way. Not being able to take it in school I started learning Japanese just half a year ago (autumn of 2018). I had used online services like “Duolingo” and applications specifically for learning Hiragana, but then my school just so happened to open a Japanese club last winter and I happily joined. We are taught the language by a native speaker, but since she is unfortunately not a trained teacher we go through the lectures rather slowly, which is the reason why I chose the organisation “.......” for my stay in Japan. When going to Japan I want to start learning Japanese almost all over again, for I do not feel very confident in my abilities yet and they were one of the few organisations that offered a long-term program for Japanese beginners. Since I will only have completed the 10th grade before flying off to Japan, I intend to go back to Germany afterwards and do my German “Abitur” (general qualification for university entrance). Considering my previously mentioned uncle’s company’s relations to Japanese companies I could imagine that knowing Japanese is going to be quite useful in my later life, for although not knowing yet in what specific direction I want to go, I definitely plan to study something in the field of chemistry.  

There is a man in my place. He gives me the creeps. He smells like a bunch of cats have pissed him and they really have. He has apartments in my building where he keeps those cats. I don’t know how many, nobody knows for sure, but it must be tons. Every day he carries a bag with stinky shit to feed them. It drives me crazy. Once I was taken aback when he came into an elevator after me. I almost passed out during that short ‘journey’. If the elevator got broken down that moment I would be poisoned by his smell and never found. I fact I would be fed to cats. For some reason I thought it works this way.

I'm not familiar at all with the kind of language that is used on commemorative plaques. They asked me to proofread this translation of a text that has to be engraved on a commemorative plaque:

"The local administration of xxx, as a sign of gratitude, for the visit of your delegation related to the "Erasmus project" The council member for Education ( name ) The mayor ( name )"

It sounds strange IMO, but I'm not a native speaker. Would this sound better? "In graceful appreciation of their service, the local administration thanks the “Erasmus Project” delegation for the exceptional visit to our community"

Feel free to come up with a completely different sentence if you think it would sound better!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/10IF5ppEw_KUenvYJH7N0e-9ui9iu-NRtWtR0_r3-gWk i’ve done everything so far, but I’m unsure if I was grammatically correct or not

So I have an assignment in which I needed to choose an Argentinian Folk Tale and do it's translation and adaptation If someone could proof read my work I would be more than thankful! (I also have to do a video narrating the story that's why I need some help) Thanks in advance!

The Yerba Mate Folktale

Hundreds of years ago, before big cities appeared in South America the people lived in small communities with their closest relatives. Those people were the Guaranis, they had an special bond with mother nature and live in harmony with her.

Yasi, the guaraní moon goddess always watched these people lives. The relationship they had with mother nature was captivating for her. She wanted to take a closer look to the marvelous forest those people lived in instead of only seeing it from high above the sky. . One day she invited her friend Arai, the clouds goddess, to visit the forest and meet the guaraní’s land. They transformed into two beautiful ladies and went to explore the forest together.

They walked around the forest the whole day, they were amazed by the nature’s beauty. They were so distracted that they didn’t realize how much time passed. So by the end of the day they found themselves exhausted and couldn’t transform back to their true form. Thankfully they found a little house in the middle of the forest and decided to rest there to recover some energy.

But when they were approaching the house they heard a loud roar and immediately saw a yaguarete running behind them. When the yaguarete was close enough it jumped over the ladies with its paws ready to kill them and right at that moment the goddesses heard a whistling sound, next thing they knew was that the creature fell dead with an arrow in his heart.

The ladies were scared and confused. Immediately after that, they heard another noise from inside the woods. They were ready to run when they saw their savior, it was a hunter that saw they were in danger and decided to help them.

After greeting the girls he invited them to come inside his house, which was the same one the girls were trying to get to before the attack.

Once inside he introduce the ladies to his wife and daughter and they had dinner all together. It was a very poor family but they shared with the girls all they have left to eat that day. Then the family offered the ladies to stay the night there since it was very dangerous.

Next morning Yasí and Araí thanked the hunter and his family for everything and promised to come back with a gift for their gratitude.

Once back in the sky the goddesses thought about how could they reward the hunter and his family. After thinking a lot they decide that the gift must be something unique and special.

One night Yasí went back to the forest and planted several seed all around the hunter 's home, then she asked Arai to pour the seeds with her magical rain during the night.

The next day when the family woke up and went outside they found several little trees of dark green leaves and bright white flowers all around their house.

They were amazed and confused because those plants weren't there the night before. In that moment Yasí emerged from the forest in her human form and the family immediately recognized her.

She introduced herself and told them that she was the moon goddess and that her name was Yasí. Then she told them that she created that new plant as a gift for their gratitude. She also told them.that that plant was very special because it had the power to unite people and strengthen friendships.

After that she taught the family how to prepare a special beverage that would allow them to take advantage of all of the plant’s special properties. And that's how the Mate was born.

Before leaving earth, Yasí designated the family's daughter as the owner and guardian of the Yerba plant and told the family that from now on she would live forever as long as a Yerba plant exist sharing her goodness, happiness and beauty with the plant.

Many years later, all those who lived that moment left this land and went to accompany Yasi in the sky except for that one little girl. She became the godless of Yerba Mate and was known for everybody as Caa Yari, a beautiful lady wandering through the Yerba trees whispering and watching for their healthy growth. Nowadays yerba harvesters trust their souls to her.

Hello, I'm writting a paper work in my native language, but this paper requires a summary that is written in english. I'm sure that this summary contains some errors. So here it is:

Definition of court

One of the four state powers is judiciary. This institution has an exclusive function – justice administration. No other institution can execute this function. Nonetheless, Constitution does not prohibit participation in process of justice administration. It is vital to make a strict separation between courts and subjects that are participating in process of justice administration, so that Constitutional norms would not be compromised.

Courts would not be able to carry out their functions if they would be a tool of the legislator. That‘s why the principle of power separation is inseparable from a modern day state. The separation of judiciary from other state powers protects fundamental human rights and freedoms, because state can not interfere in judical process and make favourable decisions for itself. Thanks to philosophers of enlightenment period the mechanism of checks and balances was formed.

The Lithuanian judicial system survived a notable number of reforms. Despite this, today the system consists of general jurisdiction courts, special administrative courts and the Constitutional Court.

Thank you for all the help in advance

Firstly, no words can describe my appreciate to you all guys for clicking into this post. Simply put, I will use some words to construct some sentences. But I don't know these sentences is proper or not. so I hope someone can correct these sentences. The original word is marked with sign * and the post will be updated constantly.

1. Tom finally decode* his security cabinet at last night.
2. It is hard to comprehend* what you mean.
3. The money is considerable* so that we can use it to do anything.
4. The considerate* service in this restaurant made me comfortable.

5）The rupture* with my girlfriend would never fix up anymore.

Hello, I'm writing a text in English. I don't intend it to be too literary, but I'm looking for very sharp sentences and I’m not familiar with the following expressions. I spare you the rest of the text only consisting of calculations. My intentions or questions are written between [ ]. Thank you. Eternal gratitude.

Rounded to the sharp hours. Rounded to the halves. [or?] Rounded to the half-hours. [I mean I'm calculating only using full hours or hours and a half]

Asleep around five o’clock. Waking up at eight o’clock. [meant as a substantive] Up since the the previous afternoon three thirty.

According to an average of eight hours every twenty-four hours. [or?] According to an average of eight hours out of twenty-four hours. [or?] According to an average of eight hours over twenty-four hours. To wit eight hours of sleep for sixteen hours of wake. [or?] Meaning eight hours of sleep for sixteen hours of wake. One for two. [Is there a better alternative than 'to wit' or 'meaning'?]

62 over 175 equals x over 24 meaning 62 over 175 times 24, 62 times 24 4 times 8 and 6 12 120 4 124, 4 2 8 4 6 12 24, 6 times 4 24, 240 and 8 248, 20 40 12 120 6 160, 160, 40 120 par 10 1200 1240, 62 24 1240. 1240 248 8 4 4 8 88 and 2 4 488 1488. 1488. All of it times 175. 1488 times 175 equals 8,50285714. To wit 8 hours and a half [or] Meaning 8 hours and a half. [same question]

I'm trying to use my English and I want to pinpoint my grammar mistakes but it's kinda hard because no one corrects them. So here it goes:

"I don't think the article is actually THAT revolutionary. I have heard of many people on AB that they have found that just layering enough toners, serums and essences is enough for them and they don't need a moisturizer on top of it. It would be truly revolutionary if the author didn't replace moisturizers with hydrating layers. Hydration and dehydrated skin are quite common concepts for us ABers so I get the feeling that the article is targeted to a "regular" person.

I'm still not quite convinced about skin getting "lazy" because of moisturizer. I think I've heard that scientific evidence doesn't support it. I won't change my moisturizing habits because as a person suffering from atopy, my skin doesn't have that “homeostatic balance". I've heard that it can take more than a day for atopic skin to return to its normal moisture levels after a wash, that for people with normal skin would take about an hour."

I would appreciate it so much if someone had the time to correct more of my latest comments in my comment history but I'm happy if I get feedback from even that comment.

Hi guys, my first language is NOT English and I have to deliver an essay to a teacher about my interpretation of a story.

If someone could check my grammar please, I'll appreciate it.

In the present, it’s observe that children leave their homes because the rejection of their families, forcing them to have separate lives. This is because they are simply rejected because they have a different way of life than the parents understand is the correct. Homosexuality is one of them, scientists estimate that 100% of society, from 1% to 21%, are homosexuals. But the problem is that the 50% of their parents do not accept them. Lois Cloarec present this problematic in one of her story, Grandmother’s cup. This story is about the relationship between a mother and a daughter, Meredith, and Danielle, which is affected about a rejection of mother to daughter by a confession that makes Danielle to Meredith that she was keeping in herself for a long time, this was that she was a lesbian and she had a relationship with the best friend of her childhood, Adrienne. The story had so many symbolisms, one of the clearest ones are the grandmother's cups.

The porcelain was wafer-thin and chipped, and the hand-painted English roses had long ago lost their lustre, but Meredith cherished it (page 60). One of the characteristics of porcelain is that it is fragile, so the mention quote refers about that, using this as a symbolism about how fragile the relationship of a mother and daughter can be. Therefore, it means that any neglect could cause this family relationship be affected or destructed. In the same way that a porcelain cup would be destroyed if it is neglected.

Thanks; really!

My whole long text in the comment section. If you have some time, proofread it, please.

"We got off the bus that had delivered us to the start place, took a group photo and the race began. ...

So i want to ask 'how many hours of the shift is' at office, I guess asking "how long is the shift" or "how many hours of a shift is" sounds something off. And "what will be the shift timing" does looks better, so what is the correct way to phrase it ?

Limited Liability Company Microcredit Deposit-taking Organization MATIN was established in July of 2009. MATIN is a tajik word which means: solid, strong. This word fully describes our philosophy. The development strategy of MDO MATIN is aimed at long-term prospects. Defending our clients’ interests and providing them with high-quality services is our main priority. Licensed by the National Bank of Tajikistan, MDO MATIN provides a wide spectrum of financial services, such as: loans, deposits, current accounts, money-transfers and payment cards. MDO MATIN actively cooperates not only with corporate clients but also with individuals, significantly increasing the number of individual clients in recent years. Also, we strive to expand our activity in the strategic regions of Sughd province and the republic in general. Developing the network of our Service Centers is dictated by our need to diversify our activity, increase the client base and effectively compete in the local financial market. In a short period of time we managed to open 9 service centers and 3 branches, including 1 in the capital-city Dushanbe. Today we are regarded as one of the most successful microfinance institutions in Tajikistan. There is a huge increase in active and passive operations. Permanent growth in equity enables us to handle bigger projects in the country scale. Also, we succeeded to establish correspondent relations with such well-known Russian banks as Novikombank and Transcapitalbank; with International money transfer systems - «Western Union», «Money Gram», «Contact», «Migom», «Unistream». In order to increase informational and technical support of business-processes, MDO “MATIN” introduced modern high-performance Automated Banking System QBIS. Implementation of effective and sound ABS increased the efficiency level of our analytical department, the company’s management and also gave us unlimited potential for growth. Accumulated work experience, qualified personal, respected shareholders and our clients’ trust – these all creates good base for future achievements. However, MDO MATIN constantly improves the quality of its services, because our main objective is to help our clients’ development in the market economy. The positive results of MDO MATIN in 2011 financial year once more confirm the chosen strategy. To ensure future development MDO MATIN seeks to increase sustainability, maintain high liquidity and satisfy its clients’ growing demands.

Hi, everyone. I know this is not exactly what this sub is about, but you guys are the closest (living) sub I found to help with my specific problem.

As a non-native English speaker, I am trying to figure out a short phrase from the top gear polar special.

James: "This is a 24-month-old Parmigiano, a Stravecchio, in fact. This should be superb."

It is the very next sentence, the one illustrated by James' hand picking a jar from the picnic hamper, that eludes me.

Can you please help me out here? Or else, maybe recommend an appropriate sub?

Hello,

I have made the transcript of a poem I heard in a podcast (this one : https://soundcloud.com/slate-fr/transfert-s02e14-savoir-cerner-les-autres#t=46:40 starting at 46'40'')

Here it is :

There is a raguet brown cabin with one log room

Keeping lonely vigil in the forest gloom.

The cabin timbers when its people are there

Glow with candle through the window square.

It knows when the light of the northern sun

First colors the night and the brucklets run.

All the bright day as wild folks sleep by

It watches the way and the pine trees sy (?).

It ears the ring of birds sweet calls

Echoing through the green wooded holes.

Still waiting alone when the sunset's aflame

It darkened with shadows but no one came.

Silvered by star lights shinning paint

Against the forest black.

Silent is the cabin's wait

For the time when they come back.

And now it sleeps in deepest snow

And my heart weeps for the cabin I know.

I'm sure there plenty of errors I didn't see. Can someone help me correcting them ?

Thank you :)

1. Well it pretty much depends on the selfish act..

But in general I would recommend you in every situation to take a step back, then try to put yourself in other people's shoes. And try to see things from their perspective. This is the only thing that helped me to be more considerate.

If you want to fix what you've done try to apologize. It sometimes helps. Again it depends on the person and how you are related ..

try to say something like I wasn't aware that I was acting selfishly.

2)Sorry for my late reply.. I see you have already found the answer. I just wanted to add that you could also bring a notebook (you can also have digital note book) and allocate a page for each one you know and record each favor he or she did to you, and every once in a while check it out to remember the good things they did to you. This will make you appreciate the people around you better

3)I tried my best not to have anything online. But 10 years ago, a university website published some private information about me which I want to be removed from the website. I didn't study at that university but yet my data are still there and I have contacted them several times but in vain.

One of the things that helped me stop being lazy is walking. I started to walk for 30 min each day and it dramatically changed my mood. I used to go for a walk in the early morning which motivated me to do other things for the rest of the day.

Another thing that worth trying is “The Pomodoro Technique”. This is a time management technique where you set a timer for a specific time and focus on one task. You can search for more about the technique, But what I used to do is setting the timer for 20 min (for every task I wanted to do but was too lazy to start). And then I used to take a break for 20 min, and so on.

Lastly, I started a routine to organize the environment around me which also reduced the stress and motivated me to do more productive stuff.

HI. I wrote the following comment in the Spanish's subreddit forum, but some native English speakers say it is a little hard to read and sounds a bit funny.

I know my writing doesn't sound native, but I'm not able to find my written mistakes. Could you proofread the text, please?

Thanks!

This is my comment:

I'm doing the same that OP says, but with the English language.

I'm tired to study English grammar because all the things I learn today I'm going to forget tomorrow. Anyway, I think I am not good learning foreign languages.

English has a lot of strange rules that I cannot understand. For example "this is so, but if so... then is so", like when you say "by car", "by train", but "on foot", or when you say "in the car", but "on the bus", etc. So, today I decided to stop studying more grammar for a while and now I'm just watching a random English documentary each day or reading something in English like for example when I am using Reddit, etc. I'm watching English videos since some years ago.

With the pass of the time I realize that now I'm able to understand spoken English much better than when I was spending hours studying grammar, and my vocabulary let me now read any document without the need of a dictionary.

Now, when I watch an English YouTube video is almost like if I were watching it in Spanish language and when I read something in English is like if I were reading in Spanish. I try to think in English too instead of Spanish when I'm using English language.

Now the problem is the following. Because of I'm forgetting grammar I write each day from bad to worst and my spoken English is very weird. I understand a lot of spoken and written English, but I cannot write or speak good English by myself. My written and spoken English is always very weird.

But now I don't care about it. I use English language according to my knowledge. If you are able to understand me pues entonces viento en popa a toda vela y si no me entiendes entonces a otra cosa mariposa, me da igual.

Sometime ago I got the B2 certificate when I studied some grammar in order to pass the Cambridge First exam, but right now I forgot a lot of grammar things.

I'm trying to improve my English a little just participating in Reddit because a lot of people speak English here, but I'm tired to study grammar.

Hi, spanish is my first language and this is a text for my english class. I would like to know the mistakes that I made and also I feel like some sentences sound weird so I don't know if I write them correctly. Thanks in advance!

I had a bad experience when I went to brazil with my family in the summer of 2014. After we arrived at the airport we went to grab our luggage and after a few minutes everyone had grabbed their suitcases except me. Maybe I missed it when it was passing in the treadmill so we wait a bit more to see if my bag would come. After ten minutes I started panicking so my father calls the security person that was nearby. He asked for our flight passages so he could track my suitcase, then he told us that we wait here and left. After a while, like twenty minutes, we see the security person coming with my stuff. He told us that it fell from the treadmill before entering the luggage room. I was very lucky that day, but during that time I couldn't stop thinking how easy it is to steal someone else's luggage, no one checks who grabs what in airports.

Hello!

Folks I need a little help here to check if there's anything wrong with a small text I created and/or if there are parts of it I can change/improve. Before we start though here's a little context to help you understand what I'm going for:

Ever heard of a game called Elite: Dangerous? Myself and a few other friends play it and we are about to create a faction inside the game (and all factions there have a small description that basically explains their history/ideology/etc). Here's a small example from another player-faction:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/248962319038676992/368458165001519104/Screenshot_0015.png (If the link doesn't work give me a heads up and I'll post it somewhere else).

Finally, here's what I have in mind for our faction:

"The Silver Hunter Order, formed in 3303 by a group of bounty hunters, was created with one thing in mind: The defence of Imperial borders and its citizens against those seeking to spread chaos. Loyal to Emperor Arissa Lavigny-Duval and firm believers of Her Majesty's ideals, the Order, despite its young age, has already partaken in several incursions against criminal agents and other elements deemed a risk to The Empire stability. Be it at home or abroad, these stalwart defenders stand ready to show the galaxy the true meaning of Imperial justice."

(By the way I'm well aware that the proper title would be Empress but due to ingame lore reasons, even though its a woman, the correct option in this case is still Emperor.)

So, thoughts? Can you find any errors on it? Any suggestions on how can I improve it? While I do have an "okay" knowledge of english after more than a decade of playing games studying, as you can probably see it's still far from perfect so any help would be greatly appreciated!

Hello

I am looking for a good soul, who is willing to help me with my job motivational letter by checking if I haven't made any mistakes. I will send it in a personal message, since I don't feel like publishing it. Let me know.

Love.

Our teacher just wrote "I don't object to your suddenly leaving" to the blackboard. I asked him if it wasnt "I don't object to you suddenly leaving" to which he responded no but didn't give a proper explanation. It just sounds so wrong in my head, is it possible he is wrong? Or at least both right?

Let's say someone says "It doesn't make sense to me" during a conversation about something and I retort with "It doesn't make sense to you, probably". Is my response/retort correct or does it look unwieldy and not correct?

I kind of feel like saying "It doesn't make sense to you, probably" to give my response a little sarcastic touch if you know what I mean.

Thanks in advance.